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Houston Astros\u2019 LaMonte Wade Jr. is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a grand slam during the third inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 Yordan Alvarez had another moonshot for his AL-leading 31st home run<\/a> , LaMonte Wade Jr. hit his first career grand slam and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 9-3 on Saturday night.<\/p>

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The Astros led for good after Alvarez, also the AL leader with 70 RBIs, hit a two-run homer 425 feet to straightaway center in the first inning, a night after a towering 455-foot blast pulled to right in the series opener<\/a> . The American League All-Star starting designated hitter is one behind National League All-Star DH Kyle Schwarber<\/a> for the major league lead in homers.<\/p>\n

Peter Lambert (8-5) pitched three-hit ball over six innings while striking out seven and walking one. The right-hander, who didn\u2019t make the Astros roster out of spring training, is 6-1 with a 2.84 ERA over his last nine starts.<\/p>\n

Ezequiel Dur\u00e1n homered twice for the AL West-leading Rangers (48-47). He had a solo shot off Lambert in the fourth, and added a two-run homer in the ninth.<\/p>\n

Wade’s slam<\/a> in the second was his 57th career homer and his second in nine games with the Astros (47-50). Christian V\u00e1zquez went deep leading off the third to make it 7-0, when they already had eight of their 10 hits.<\/p>

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All three Houston homers came off Texas starter Kumar Rocker (2-8), who struck out six, but walked two and also hit a batter over 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Alvarez, now with 201 career homers, also had a double and walked twice. He has hit .455 (10 of 22) with seven homers and 11 RBIs in six games<\/a> this season at Globe Life Field.<\/p>\n

Houston\u2019s Cristian Javier (0-1, 10.22 ERA), who missed nearly three months because of a right shoulder strain, makes his first start since April 8 in the series finale Sunday going into the All-Star break. The Rangers go with MacKenzie Gore (5-8, 4.72), who pitched five innings Wednesday in a loss to the Angels, in place of Jacob deGrom<\/a> (left glute strain).<\/p>

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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